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Altair

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Al⋅tair

  [al-tair, -tahyuhr, al-tair, -tahyuhr]
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–noun
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
Origin:
< Ar (al-nasr) al-ṭā'ir (the) flying (eagle)
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Al·tair   (āl-tīr', -târ', āl'tīr', -târ')   
n.  A very bright, variable double star in the constellation Aquila, approximately 15.7 light-years from Earth.

[Arabic (an-nasr) aṭ-ṭā'ir, the flying (eagle) : al-, the + ṭā'ir, flying, active participle of ṭāra, to fly; see ṭyr in Semitic roots.]
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Altair 
bright star in the constellation Aquila, 16c., from Arabic Al Nasr al Tair "the Flying Eagle," from tair, part. of tara "it flew."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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